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A broken compatibility checker, combined with a significant change to the system requirements that could see as many as 60 percent of existing Windows 10 PCs – in real terms, that’s a number hovering around the 800-million mark – unable to upgrade to Windows 11. On the one hand, Microsoft has good reasons to make these changes. In an unsigned blog post, Microsoft highlights how the changes will result in greater security and reliability....

A massive 50% discount is available on a pair of Jabra Elite 7 Pro earbuds when you buy directly from the retailer. The earbuds combine active noise cancellation (ANC) and advanced call technology for crystal-clear communication and music streaming, and so should be considered if you want earbuds suitable for both work and play. While usually set at a retail price of $200, Jabra has slashed the price by $100....

While there has been a great deal of hiring freezes and layoffs in the tech sector, there will be continued demand for skilled technology professionals across the broader range of industries. That’s because every company has become a software company, and tech is essential to survive and thrive in any type of economy – especially during downturns. The focus is on automating to compensate for labor shortages, to gain greater control and transparency into supply chains, and compete on analytics and artificial intelligence....

PlayStation Plus doesn’t just give you access to online gameplay, though that’s one of its coolest features. You also get two free games every month. These are games like Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning and Knockout City. The titles you might have bought anyway can be added straight to your game library. And that library will expand every single month, so you’ll always have something new to play. Games you may have already been thinking of buying can suddenly be yours for free....

CVE-2021-38305 allows attackers to bypass existing protections and run arbitrary Python code by manipulating the schema file provided as input to Yamale, according to the JFrog security research team. A 23andMe spokesperson told ZDNet that 23andMe Security was notified of a workaround to a patch made to Yamale, the open-source library created by the company to verify that YAML files are in the right format and have all the correct fields....

Also: Need cutting blades for your workshop? Forget metal and go ceramic The three chemicals I’ll discuss below have numerous uses, from cleaning circuit boards, wiping the print bed of your 3D printer, and removing sticky labels. Safety first Before I introduce the chemicals, here are a few safety precautions I strongly recommend you follow: Keep away from naked flamesWear protective glovesAvoid spills (and mop up any spillages promptly)Work in a well-ventilated areaKeep chemicals away from children...

The additive manufacturing business has been busy selling off non-core assets to focus on these two markets and reported positive operating cash flow in Q2 of $13.5 million to support ongoing strategic investments. The company’s Q2 non-GAAP earnings per share came to 12 cents on revenue $162.6 million, an increase of 44.1 percent compared to the same period last year. Revenue increased 59.3 percent when excluding businesses divested in 2020 and 2021....

Also: ChatGPT lies about scientific results, needs open-source alternatives, say researchers It seems like ChatGPT can do anything. But it can’t. In this article, we’ll explore the many things ChatGPT won’t or can’t do. Stay tuned to the end, because we’ll look at some of the implications and what these limits mean for future growth in generative AI. As I’ve done in my other ChatGPT articles, my writing is in plain and bold text, while any ChatGPT answers will be displayed in italic text....

Out of the almost 2,600 victims listed on ransomware data leak sites, 740 of them were named in Q2 2021, representing a 47% increase compared to Q1. The report chronicles the quarter’s major events, which included the DarkSide attack on Colonial Pipeline, the attack on global meat processor JBS, and increased law enforcement action from US and European agencies. But Digital Shadows’ Photon Research Team found that under the surface, other ransomware trends were emerging....

Executive background Wu came to FTX from Lightspeed, a major investor in FTX, where she served as a partner and the company’s top VC focused on gaming. She described herself during our talk as a lifelong gamer, and someone that continues to be passionate about gaming. While her personal passion for the media category certainly played an important part in Lightspeed’s, and subsequently FTX’s, respective initiatives, she and FTX’s senior leadership agreed that gaming was simply too big and too attractive of a venue for FTX’s technologies to be ignored, even if there were certain risks involved....

It’s a fascinating drama, tracing the development of moonbases, space stations, nuclear space craft, and now in the third season, competing missions to Mars as commercial space travel adds itself to the rivalry between the USA and Russia. It’s an interesting premise, looking at a history where the continuing space race meant the Cold War continued into the 90s, and where cheap energy from the moon has restructured the global economy....

A few weeks ago, the US finally loosened travel restrictions on those overseas and vaccinated. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby claims he can foresee normality blooming by January of next year. So business travel might truly begin in earnest? The expens(iv)e lunch will make its return? Perhaps. But it’s wise to be prepared for a few kinks and hiccups along the way. It’s wise, too, to wonder what hotels are putting on their websites these days....

They insert them whenever they leave a building, or even before. They don’t want to be on a street and actually hear what’s going on. Why, 17% of people claim they keep them on while they’re having sex. Since their launch, there have also been several tales of how people fell asleep with them in and discovered they’ve accidentally swallowed one. One can be forgiven for such mishaps, of course....

“At the moment, we’re actually going through an internal review of how we can be more aggressive in cyber, and it may mean a mini restructure internally for us to really have what we would call a cyber offensive operation of the AFP, which would actually conduct disruption operations on these individuals,” he said Kershaw said this process has included talking with the Five Eyes alliance about the growth of cyberthreats....

Bachelet also advocated for a ban on some AI applications that are contrary to international human rights law, such as the social scoring of individuals based on discriminatory criteria. Since safeguards aren’t in place yet to make sure that the technology is used responsibly, said the UN commissioner, governments should rein in artificial intelligence as a matter of urgency. Without that, algorithms that are potentially detrimental to human rights will be continue to be deployed with no oversight, causing more harm to citizens....

Also: The best AI chatbots According to the investment bank, about 300 million jobs could be lost to AI, signaling that the technology can and will upend work as we know it. Like past technological revolutions, AI can help companies decrease costs by automating specific processes, freeing companies to grow their businesses. A global economics research report from Goldman Sachs says that AI could automate 25% of the entire labor market but can automate 46% of tasks in administrative jobs, 44% of legal jobs, and 37% of architecture and engineering professions....

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based Quicken/SurveyMonkey online poll was taken earlier this month, which consisted of a sample of 1,200 US adults ages 18 to 74 from the Cint Consumer Network, according to Quicken’s press release. The findings The survey revealed that nearly three-fourths who responded to the survey (71%) ranked inflation (currently at 7% and the highest since the early 1980s), as the top concern, followed by new COVID-19 variants, supply chain disruptions and a stock market crash....

According to data by analytics firm Kantar, Apple accounted for a hair over half of all smartphone sales in the US in the three months leading to December 2021, up 2.7 percent compared to December 2020. Here are Kantar’s figures for a selection of countries for that period: U.S.: 51.0 percent (up 2.7 percent from December 2020)Australia: 46.0 percent (down 0.7 percent)Japan: 44.4 percent (down 1.5 percent)Great Britain: 42.0 percent (down 4....

But in making those decisions, we’re influenced by so many organizations telling us to favor them. Which makes me wonder: How do businesses decide whether to go Mac or PC? Do their software needs drive it? Does their finance department drive it? Or could it be some sense of sheer brand preference, sometimes disguised as taste? I only ask because Apple has just released a new page on its venerable site, a page that insists there are 11 reasons for businesses to use Macs....

The update is called a “Device Support Update” and weighs in at approximately 200MB. Rather than a fix, this update likely adds support for new devices such as the iPhone 13 and iPad mini. To download and install this update head over to System Preferences > Software Update and check for the latest patches and updates.